Being-here : placemaking in a world of movement / Annika Lems.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lems, Annika, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

EASA series ; v. 35.

EASA series ; volume 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Place attachment.

Social aspects.

Place (Philosophy).

Alienation (Social psychology).

Refugees.

Social conditions.

Somalis.

Assimilation (Sociology).

Melbourne (Vic.)--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Melbourne (Vic.).

Somalis--Australia--Melbourne (Vic.)--Social conditions.

Somalis--Cultural assimilation--Australia--Melbourne (Vic.).

Refugees--Australia--Melbourne (Vic.)--Social conditions.

Alienation (Social psychology)--Australia--Melbourne (Vic.).

Place (Philosophy)--Social aspects--Australia--Melbourne (Vic.).

Place attachment--Social aspects--Australia--Melbourne (Vic.).

Australia.

Physical Description:

x, 240 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn, 2018.

Summary:

Exploring the lifeworlds of Halima, Omar and Mohamed, three middle-aged Somalis living in Melbourne, Australia, the author discusses the interrelated meanings of emplacement and displacement as experienced in people's everyday lives. Through their experiences of displacement and placemaking, Being-Here examines the figure of the refugee as a metaphor for societal alienation and estrangement, and moves anthropological theory towards a new understanding of the crucial existential links between Sein (Being) and Da (Here).

Contents:

Walkers of the everyday

Placing Somalia

Living one-eyed

An accidental move

Home-building

Homewards

At home in the universe

Gendered dis/emplacements

Displaced stories

Placeless dreams

Final juncture : concluding words.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Lems, Annika. Being-here.

ISBN:

9781785338496

1785338498

OCLC:

1004156602